Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1880, Page 3

A CONGRESS OF OARSMIEN. jan’s Delay in Appearing on rw y Chris. Garraet, ms On Wagers—Tri Show Poor Form. [Correspondence Boston Herald } Lowspow, Sept. 30, 1590.—When the oarsman denominated “Champion of the United States, Canada and England” arrived ta this country, it was reported that he was burning with ardor to cet to work on the Thames and render him seit ft and well for his fort < mateh with | Edward Trickett, of New s b Wales. There is no doubt that the voyage « =} 3 ® g 5 g 3 % considerably, and that he need ‘AS you are aware, he started north for Newcastie-on- Tyre, his avowed object being wo stay there two or three the very outside, in ne old a, ¥ was pro- fortnight. and long be- speculation in so | nN ul Ot course, dit t¥ regardea with sotae Hanlau shouid have $9 eariy rims wing of yD? lepeating say that this well known can on the last cecaston was e “work! at € 3 to an entire period of the fact that some thoasands of t tov on the chances of Cre . and Mr. Berras; was chos?n Praaps your reater3 will ease amount of dissatis- Toronto oars: Ww make the Je tbat Uwe. ot the money arket, and it one trom the and thus Han- er the coautry. red tnat A DEEP LITTLE playa Ss time. Hanlan has been | ith Barrass for t 80 weeks, and yet the pwing” ‘Tynesider has not been seen to make a single bet. So the cognosenti here say | that tien + aliowed to run loose | grown tired Lay oF Australian) has give Some are being so freely by Ss cunging to 1 he have t Jown soath at work ia antici- pation of his mate! The Toronto oar arrived In ing Ne assembled t Beat was securely carriage, this being tn practice. the new Which has been un some days and ex} Gsed to the public ly t appilances of the Cat athe rather more freel » There was but a small gatheriag at Cross station to welcome Hanlan had been so often rumored that the carsman Was coming, and 80 many disippol ments were experienced, that the public grew apathetic, and were determined not to be the vicitm of any more “sells.” Hanlan was wel- comed by or two celebrities, inciuding Joe Sadier, the ex-champion of the world, who Clasper and Wlillam East, the bo. who may Or may not have had an eye to business; ld Bill Povock, a veteran of the Thames, waose Gay has so long passed that he has grown both gray and decrepid, etc. There was a Itttle crowd around him as he alighted from the train, but he cot away comparatively quickly, and drove to nis old lodgings in the city, whence he departed, an hour afterward, for Putney, with Hawthorne of Toronto, and Bright. his train- ers. Here he stayed for the night at the Star and Garter Hotel Previous to retiring, how- ever, he spent an hour with his future’o; nent, Trickett, and they joined wita Lay and others drinking a bo.ue toast. “A falr field and no fay (Wednesday) the champios comm: INITIAL PRACTICE ON THE THAMES, accompatied FT for amatch next Monday, ! da halt spta, working > to have sat of clever Owls 584 Wiits Was Lot vistbie to the naked eye of 2 ny wapre dieed ob: They bad been smiling tnto beer glasses Sta ad Garter o Bou all the mofning, and perhaps their vi become sit Was More amazed th informed that bis pace exiculated to ly distorted. , DO on Han waen he was was splendid. ott ae to be hoped with caution, and was not unduly elated the by, Again in the afternoon he gi t the ourgoing ti He 2 Da out close, and He has searve: on beard St OL 1 she {3 Co: y that eSSar U Yrick: Pili o- thereabouts twice goes In for aby smouat of 1a: Le bas slightly inereased t pace once or twice ceded that ampion in the art of de- monstratipg “how not to doit.” Whenever he approaches the boathous n where spectators are congregated, hts execution in- Stanly becomes sluvealy and unfinished, and he figures in a s which would disgrace an amateur. Throughout, however, he malntulns &@b aspect of supreme Indifference, and receives adverse criticisias with an alr of imperturba- bility Which it would be dificult to emulate. We have just heard that Wallace Ross comes over to compete in the Hop Bitters regatta. The entries have received a few additions since my last, and 1 now s-nd the complete is wa ‘ Toronto; Edward arden Soil. Well woderstand the fal! Important ite f It is needless to tell them how S of next year's crops 1s turning up the grouna (sxy fa Nos tended fer such’ crops olkers—these who rave this clas wre many of our rey farmers—who only raise half crops of and these 6f an taferior ¢ = how it isso. Now, we ca ‘peat the advice that if'they w fork, aud turn the soll lowing tt to re to.the frost. veg aliiy. and won- not too often re- use the garden hp full fors d2zp, al- in tn Pumps ali winter exposad will put the soll In excellent concliton and tend greatly to add to the Production of next year’s crops. This ts ea- eciaily the case with ground not so treated equently, and we would mention that every other year is Dest, instead of every year as some gardeners do. Gardens, and especially old ones, be dimmed about onc? In five years, and salve? about every other spriaz. applying of lime at the rate of about thirty bushels to the acre, and of salt from etzat to ten. in spplying salt keep {t from coming tn contact wi box-edging and atl other ever- 8, very small trees, &c. Such a course green ‘Will bring up your old in 8 surprising manner. Surat Saditben eae will grow a3 - DS, well me ere other vi ‘aid, and all bs aa “What Precious Foels!? [ew York Times. } The of Americans, which, it was been In a measure corrected’ by the fh reaction and commercial dullaess of the between the autumn of 1373 and ; the ig Of 1579, seems du this period of ring prosperity to be greater than ever. It ts not probable that we shall ever ad6pt habits of economy until our vast abundance and resources have permanently i; until we are obil; eagerly and closely, as do the bulk of the inhabitants of the Old Wor!d. That period is too remote to vive us the slightest uneast- ness. So we may expect the natioaal extrava- gance to grow steadily with each now genera- | Uon, until what we count wild prodigality to- Gsy may be reckoned in 1950 as rigid irugality. ‘The expenditure of Americans abroad this year js believed to have been much larger than ever before. It is estimated by a London estabiish- inent !h excellent position te know to have been Rot less than $150,000,000. This enormous sain has been spent by some 60,000 travelers, maak- ing an average of $3009 per person. A great Many Of cur compatriots have not spent more Than 31.200 or $1.400 in their wanderin; many Others have swelled the amount to , $10.C60 and $25,000, Not a few travelers who had Set Ont with $50,600 were obliged to renew ‘heir letters ofcredit. All European tradesmen and inD-keepers are ever delighted to see Amert- cars for sake of their plenteous purses: Wren we have pafd our bills acd turned oa Decks they are prone to say. an undertoag, What precious. precious [001 ‘THE NEW PROFESSION. J have learned the fastest dances, And I've causcht the baby sture, nt DY clanees we been taught the Lanctey kixzle, Which gives so much tchtee to talk, And the Sara Bernhardt wrigwle, And the Lady Lonsdale walk. Yee, T ured to have a passion Or old China and high art, But they're coing out of fashion, So I've had to change my part: Fer I think it is the duty Ota irl to keep ahead Of the style, end be a beanty When the Euwlish once have led. Culture's well en: E m pape at beta | told Brahim =, and Joe Grok, fi f to, With the aw I pulled ont myb After W fand on it, inor tones ” Once T talked about old carving, And wore hideous antique rmze: ly Starving n an emetio— that word too bold!" “to bea beauty mind ylat people say. a jaunty air of pe Li sonbrette’s on sti In Londén their alertness Makes our Yankee girls the raze. Yee, my photos have been taken, They'll be geld at all the fairs, And my phiz has been mistake For an actrese! But who cares? It's too awfully delightful! — how, re > dear, **profess”— Drop your modest air—it’s frightful! Aud you'll copy my success! « (Chie. A Fiower Farm. A correspondent of the Boston Herald gives the following account of a noted flower farm in England: Ina corner of the county of Essex, Ergiand, Messrs. Carter floviculturtsts, have es- tablished a farm devoted to the growth of tlow- ers. These plants are not destined to adorn the gardens of the wealthter Classes, but to turnish seed Irom which flowers may b?u timately ob- tained. A recent visit to the village of St. Osyth, discleses a tract of weil-sheltered coun- uy, which, In its vartety of colors, remiaded one of a stained glass window Ja obe place an expanse of the deepest blue is formed by a few acres of Nemophi'a insignis. Next to it appears a perfect sea of the purple Seponaria. Then comes a dash of the deep blue Lobella, and, farther on, one enters @ space cov- ered with the Venetian red of the Phiox drum- meondL These are’ followed by smal er beds of sweet Willams, the yellow 0: Eucheridium, the purple Leprospe: these masses of color are relieved by Nemepbila. Arother portion of the farm ts devoted to Pe. tunias, win ple and white 1 sed 2 bare followed by a ye! low sea “chschoitata crocea, and then coms a pro- tory Of the odiferous swee* Salta, white, ac and yellow. At the end of this appears an islard of Verbena surrounded by the blue Lupin. A sea of the bright, scarlet Godetla, ed after the Princess of Wales, and another d of the same color, ts formed by the Lobe- pardinalis, Every color ts found here: the of the Lorbelia spectosa, the pale blue of the Campanule, the yellow of the snapdragon, the rosy of Unt of the sweet pea, the deep orange £seclsebolizia mandarin, the bright it th’ m ‘Chumb Nasturtium, the old- 'S ock, the French purple-colored Godetia’ whitneyi, the white Clarkia, dedicated to Mrs. Langtry. whtle Lord Reacontield’s and Mr. Gladstone’s names are immortalized in different kinds of Chrysan- themums. These flowers are not picked. but are allowed to run to seed, which 1s carefully gathered and made up !nto small package Oue corner of the farm 13 devoted to the eal- tivation Cf the seed of the more useful products, Bere mnay be found a bed of American parsiey, and a plot of the new mammoth wheat lately intreduced from the states. This cereal pro- guces an ear @, DUt bearded like he beard ts c the varie ay and clephoning Without a Wires 1g before you some discovertes ner Tainter and the Shall first describe selentum, and the various experiment- i 1 nas e class of substanc2s seusitive to light vibrations until we can propound the fact of such sensitiveness being a general property of all matter. We have found this prcperty in gold, sil platinum, iron. steel, brass, Copper, zine, lead, antimony, German silver, enkin’s metal, Babbitt’s metal, tvery, celluloid, gutta-percha, hard rubber, soft vulcanized rubber, paper parchment, wood, mica, and siivered glass; and the only substances from which we have not obtained results are carbon and thin microscople glass. We find that when a vibratory beam of Ught falls upon these substances they emi* sounds, the pitch of which depends upon the frequency of the vibratory change tn the light. We find further, that when we control the form or character of the light vibration on selealum, and probably on the other substances, we con- trol the quatty of the sound ard obtain all va- Tieties of articulate speech. We can thus, with- out 2 conducting wire as In electric telephony, speak from station to station wherever we can project a beam of Nght. We have not had op- portunity of testing the limlt to which this [estonia influence can be extended, but we ave spokenyto and from pointstwo hundred and thirteen metres [700 feet) aj rt; and there seems no reason to doubt that the results will | be obtained ut whatever distance a beam ot ght can be flashed from one observatory to ther. ‘The necessary privacy of our expurl- ts hitherto has alone prevented any at- emp‘s at determining the extreme distanc2 at whieh this pew method of vocal communica. ton will be available.—4. Graham Bel, in Popular Seience Month England's Heligionus Condition. {Pall Mall Gazette.] Papers were read at the Chureh Congress yesterday which confirm in a remarkabie man- her the truth of Mr. Brizht’sepigram “that tha working classes care as Itttte forthe dogma as the upper classes for the practice of chris- tlanity.” Canon Barry,'reporting on ‘the re- ligious condition of the nation 4s represented by the upper classes of society,” says tha’ “un- limited skepticism, the posttive license of a conscious ungedliness, and a resolute self-trus: and self-wil! ag their only rule of life.” The Bishop of Bedford, who reported 0a the tadus- ‘rial classes, stated that, without much speca- lative unbelief or hostilicy to religion. “the feel. ing of the masses ts that of simple indifference.” ‘The speakers had, of course, no fatention of vindicating Mr. Bright, and their testimony 1s all the more valuabie on that account. Taelr ‘loomy picture of the two extremes of society 1s relleved by the account given in another paper of the religious condition of the ie € ‘They contatu. we are told, the might of the nafion, but they “display ble moral weakness in reference to com- mercial transactions.” The admission that the most religious part of the community 1s deeply tainted with commercial fs at aa Svar ey sagen cals ws Slo Congress has wo ince. | unbappy fate.” | the mills, lt th | twenty-live degrees, It | of the brick st e —. by | Flynn, who traded in horses and generally con- trived to own a speedy nag cr two, which he used for racing purposes whenever he could up a “soft match” during his travels, The st of his flyers was a coal-biack stailion named Dusky Pete, who was almost a thoroughbred, ‘and abtie to go in the bestof company. Flynn was accustomed saddled to Pete when = preaching a town and ride him into it to give the Impression that the animal was merely “a likely hoss,” and not a flyer. One day he came toa town where a country Trace meeting was belng held and be en- tered Pete among the contestanta. The ople of the town, not knowing anything of fis antecedents, and not being over tu] by his appearance, backed two or three local favorites heavtly against him. Flynn moved emong the crowd and look all the bets offered against his nag. Just as the “flyers” were being saddled for the race old Judge McMinamee, who was the turf oracle of that part of the state, arrived on the course, and was made one of the judges. As he tock his place on the stand he was told how the betting ran. and of the folly of the owner of the strange entry in backing his “plug” so heavily. Runnlog his eye over the track, the judge instantly recognized Pete, and he saic: “Gentlemen, there’s a dark horse tn this race that will make soine of you Sick before | supper.” The judge was right. Pete, the “dark horse,” lay back until the three-quarter pole was reached, when he went to the front with a rush and won the purse and Fiynn’s bets with the greatest ease. English Mas) set eroe About New- orn Infants. According to a Yorkshire notion, a new-born infant should be laid first in th? arms of 4 { maiden before any one touches it; and ia some Le the infant’s right hand is left unwasned order that he may gather riches. 11 13. too, considered very important by many that an infant should go up in the wortd before 1: goe3 down. Thus, in Cleveland, says Mr. Henter- | son, “if a child should be born In the top story | of a house, for want of aficut of stairs one of the gossips will tak b e It in her arms and mount a table, chair or chest of drarvers, before she carries it down stairs.” In the north of Eng- jJand, when an infant for the first time goes out of the house, it is presented with an egg, some salt, a little loaf of bread, and occasionally with a small piece of money—these giftg being supposed tolasure that the child shall never stand in need of the common necessaries of life. In the east riding of Yorkshire afew | matches are added to light the child to heaven. It was, too, in former times customary, and the practice is not yet obsolete, of providing a large { e and cake, and cutting them at the birth ; lid. These were calied the “Groaning and were distributed among Ss. In Yorkshire this cake is termed the “pepper cake,” and in some locail- ues the ¢ perenne cake, { is the source of a species of divination, for betag cuttinto small pleces by the medical man, it is divided amoay the unmarricd of the female sex, under the name ot “dreaming vread.” Each ‘one takes a Piece, places IC on Uhe foot of the left stocking, and throws it over the right shoulder. Tni3 betng done, they must retire to bed backward, without uttering a word, and those who are lucky enough to fall asleep before midnight are favored with a sight ci thelr future husbands tn their dreams. Cance Travel in Alaska. Alaska is full of food for man and beast, body and soul, though few are seeking Itasyet. Were one-tenth part of the attractions that this coun- iry has to offer made known to the world, thou- | sands would come every year, and nota few of them to stay and make homes. At present, however, Alaska is out of sight, though by no means So far and inaccessible as most peo- ple seem to sup » For those who really care to come into hearty contact with the country, making a long, crooked voyage in a cance with Indiens, is by far the better way. The larger canoes made by these Indians will carry from one to three tons, rise lightly over aby waves likely to be met on those inland channels, go well under sail, and are easily paddled along shore in calm water or against moderate winds, while snug harbors, where they may ride at anchor or be pulled up on a smooth beach, are to be found almost everywhere. With plenty of provisions packed in boxes, and blankets and warm clothing in rubber or canvas bags you may be truly inde- pendent, and enter into partnership with na- ture; be carried with the winds ana currents, accept the noble invitations offeréd all along your way to enter the sublime rock portals of the mountain fiords, the homes of the water- falis and the glaciers, and encamp every night im fresh, leafy coves, carpeted with flower- enameled mosses, beneath wide out-spreading branches Of the evergreens, accommodations compared with which Une best to be found ia artificial palaces are truly vulgar and mean. John Miir’s: Letter to San Francisco Bulletin, She Made a Mistake. The alfa Californa tells this yarn: “An awtul case of the co) juences of refusing a young man’s honorable love is reported on the West Side. A really nice young man fell In love with a handsome girl, ‘the only daughter of a handsome and well preserved widow of 3s, and offered her marriage. She ridiculed nim because he was 26, and sald he was old enough to be her father, aud so on, and with hor taunts goaded him to such » pitch of trenzy that he swore he would b2 re Accordin “ wretched girl girl has to Wear stout i: oo large for her, and ge eschiw the theater, cream, and in fact life worth living f object belny that w be as splendid matured the compltisent implied in tht+ mother to second him enthusiastte: a young man comes round to see that, wretched girl, her stepfather bounces him di h steps, throws his hat after him, and tel wretched girl that the young man is not a fit mpauion for her, and that he ts as solicitous for her future as he would be for that of his own child. and altogether, in the kind-st man- ner possible, he makes that wretched girl even wish she were dead a3 many as a hundred times a day. Let all other beautiful girls who are Often tempted to refuse the matrimonial offers of eligihie youpg men, be warned oy her all the neighbor: dat 9 p.m., and caramels, else thar Cea A Heavy Elcctrical Discharge. On Monday, June 23, during a severe thunder storm, the great chimney of the Pacific Mills at E 23 § sp cons Ligh, and stands fu the ninety fé rd of the earta, although from the {raj € circum flying masonry was up. that the di jarge was in the opposite direc- uop. An immense furrow was ploughed out ucture from the top, commenc- Ing at the cap and ex'ending to withia eighteen feet of the bottom. The cbkuney had two chambers, one for the conveyance of tue Inner cone Was not injured, the whole damage belng confined to the outer wall, on the side to- ward the buildings, The path of the discharge, as indicated by the removal of brick, was about four feet wide, and extended inward to the depth. of one and a half bricks. The whole of this {m- mense amount of brick and mortar, weighing more than fifty tons, was instantaneously dis- placed, and the fragments huried in the direc- Uon of the mills, almost darkening the alr In thelr passage. Tons were thrown into the buildings through the windows, smashing glass and frames; and some bricks, it s stated, were tbrown over the buildings into the river, two hundred yards distant. veral bricks came crashing through the windows of the office of the corporation situated at right angles with the rent in the chimney, and the clerks em- ployed had narrow escapes from injury. Oaly tbree persons were struck, and the injuries were not serious. It fs obvious that we have here an exhibition of electrical force of no ordinary character, and the event 1s one of unusual interest. ‘The in- es, arises as‘© the nature of thts force, and the ‘condition: .ader which it 1s manifested; and here we «.1. state what is probably new to many, that electricity in itself is incapable of producing directly such destructive results. Electricity ts but a mode of motion, and if any one supposes that it rends its way througa op- posing matter as does a cannon ball discharged trom a gun, he isinerror. All the effects no- ticed In this singular iastance were secondary. In the effort to establish equilibrium of the elec- trical forces, the chimney was taken a3 a part of the pathway, and {t befag an imperfect conductor, in struggling through or over it an encrmous amount of heat was developed, and t this heat all the destructive effects were dus, The motion, which in this case assumed th form of electricity. caused a development o great heat. How did the heat cause the mis- chief? By its high intensity it tastantly changed into steam the moisture contained tn the mor tar and on the surface of the bricks; and tht; steam of high tension dtd in the chimney wha it would do in a boiler, 1f the boller was no strong enough to hold it—it rent the chimne, i it would have oe pol ee ragments at grea\ nees, si Was the direct cause of this exhibition of force Ifthe structure had been of copper, or tron, n> ‘Special indication of force would have been ob Served, a8 but little resistance to the elecirica motion would pel | Cepted the favitation on the cont | Tork aemolished the crust. a cloud His aay melodies, as effervescent as cham- ghe, have like that bubbiing wine, made the hele ‘world their subject. oi ‘While in New York ae was very fond of visit- ing the theaters, Sitting one night in a box at the Union Square “fheater, he turned toa - ueman who was with him and remarked: “Wagner, they say, 1s the musician of the future. Jn the same sense isthe mu- siclan of the past; but I—I am the musician of the present.” - How indifferent he was to the conventional ‘Was best illustrated by one of his experiences at Delmontco’s—an experience which he sets forth in bis strangely stupid work on America. He gave a dinner to four couples of his friends in QM upper parlor. To his surprise, and by-the- by, his displeasure, & walter appeared at regular intervals of ve tun"tes and surveyed the sccne with an alr of inquisitorial severity. Offenbach ost his tem:per—always an easy feat, for bim—and derianded an explanation. The austere Lorenzo Delmonico, It seems, distrusttal of his guests, had instructed his head waiter on no account to lose sight of the revellers, How jestly be suspected them was proved by the orgie which followed Offenbach’s sitting down to the piano. Inspired by his magie fngers, his guests danced ihe most ferocious can can ever seen —by a limited constituency — in America. But Offenbach was so angered by the isochronous apparitions of the walter that, Le never set foot In Delmonico’s afterwards. . A number of his friends, just before his de- aliure, gave him a supper. It was a very rge affair, and its obvious inteation was to impress him with an idea of the ascetic “pro- Thess” of American conviviality. He ac- ‘ion that the supper should take place elsewhere than at Del- monico’s, whose recurrent wattec he never for- got nor forgave. The Brunswick was selected, AS a poetic and decorous offset to the riotous. can-can of hisown festival Offenbach’s hos's fe which was his koife and of song birds rose into the air. It was a pretty realization of the old nursery rhyme, and, till this day, at least one of the canaries which Offenbich itb- erated from its cage of pastry survives to sing as merrily and bilthely as the old songster did. He was as vain as a peacock, as tgnorant as it is possible for any intelligent German Israelite to _ be, spasmodically fll-tempered and abomi- nably loose, both in his moral theories ana his personal habits. Yet, somehow or another, he managed to die idolized by his children, pro- founaly respected by his wife and absolved by nis church. Hts appearance was striking, for he was nothing but a buuch of nerves. Ais hooked nose, his sharp chin, bis leering, pro- jecting eyes, his confirmed stoop, all made him ag odda pleture as the vision ever fell upon. ‘The most. awkward and uncomely of men, he was consimed by a wonderful contdence In his personal charms, That he reigned paramount among the prime donne, he a‘tributed nag to the fact that he gave them prontable employ- ment, but to the fallacy that he was, in appear- ance, In manner and in address, absolutely irresistible.—The Hon placed before him. So soon ‘The Sound of Thunder. The next remarkabie feature of the storm is the thunder, corresponding, of course, on the large scale, to the snap of an electric spark. Here we are on comparatively sure ground, tor sound is very inuch more thoroughly understood than {s electricity. We speak habitually and without exaggeration of the crash of thunder, the rolling of thunder, and of a pea! of thunder; and various other terms will sugg-st themselves to you as being aptly employed in different eases. All of these are easily explained by known acs of sound. The origin of thi sound Is, lu ali Cases, to be looked for in the lnsiantaneous and violent dflatatioa of the air along the track the lghtniag- flash, partiy, nO doubt, due to the dis- ruptive effects of electricity of which I have already spoken, bat matniy due to the excessive rise of temperature which renters the air for a moment so britliantly incandescent. ‘Chere is thus an extremely sudden comp jon of the air all round the track of the spark, and aless sudden, but still rapid, rus of tne air into the partial vacuum whieh it produces. Thus the sound-wave produced must at first be of the nature of a bore or breaker. But as such a state of motion is unstable, after proceeding a mod- erate distance the sound becomes analogous to other loud but less violent sounds, suca as thoce of the discharge of guns. Were there few clouds, were the air of nearly uatform density, and the flash a short one, this would completely describe the phenomenon, and we should have a thunder cras/ or thunder clap, according to the greater or less proximity of the seat of discharge. But, as has long been well known, not merely clouds but surfaces of separation of masses of air of different density, such as constantly occur in thunder-storms, reflect vibrations in the alr: and thus we may have many successive echoes, prolonging the original sound. But there fs another cause, often more efficient than these. When the flash isa long one, all tts parts being nearly equidistant from the observer, he hears the sound trom all these parts simultaneously; but if its parts be at very different distances trom him he hears suc- cessively the sounds from portions farther and further distant trom him. [f the flash be much 7ig-zagged, long portions of its course may run at one and the same distance from him, and the sounds from these arrive simultaneously this ear. Thus we have no difficulty in sinting for the roiling and pealing of nder. It 18, in fact, a mere couseqie uelimes of the reflcetion of sound, some- times of the foite velocity with which it fs propagated. The usual rough estimate of five seconds tothe mile enough to the truth tor ail ordinary 8 of the distance of a fash frora the obser Phe extreme dis: tance a which thunder ts heard ts not great. when we consider the frequent great intensity ot the sound. No trustworthy observation gives in general more than about 9 or i0 ralles. ‘bough there are cases in which it ts posstble lat it may have been heard 14 miles off. But the discharge ot a single cannon 1s often heard ot 50 talles, and the noise of a siege or naval ebgagement has certalnly been heard at a dis- ‘ance of much more than 100 mt There are two reasons for this: the first depends upon the extreme suddenness of the production of thun- der; the second, and perhaps the more effect- ive, on the excessive variations of density in the atmosphere, which are invariably associated with @ thunder storm. In certain case3 thunder has been propagated, for moderate distances from Its apparent source, with a velocity far exceeding that of ordinary sounds. This used to be attributed to the extreme suddenness of its production; but it is not easy, If we adopt t hypothesis, to see wiy It should not occur jn allcases. Sir W. Thomson has suppiled a very different € ation, which require: unusual velocity of soutd, because It the production of the sound simultaneously at all parts of the air between the ground and the cloud from which the lightning 13 discharg Pros. Tait, in Nature. How a Young Lady Won $5,0¢0. But here comes one of my favorites, wri! ‘the Boston correspondent of the San Frane Buletin, Tsw’t she fine-looking? No? We listen while f tell you her story, ind learn why Tlie her looks, Some years ago, a man who had more money than good reputation, adver- tised that he would give $5,000 to any ‘resp2c- table white woman who would walk unvelied from the Adams House entrance down Wash- ington street with him, at an hour when all the fasblouables were promenading. For weeks that offer remained untaken, for his reputa- uon was such that no respeciable woman would be seen with him, aud the advertise- ment had sald “that none others need apply.” Finally, this woman who has just passed us agreed to his terms and to join him atthe appointed place and time. en the hour came, Mr. —— was on hand Soon a carriage drove up with the lady. It had been noised abroad that the offer had been taken up, and quite a crowd had gathered to see him pay his $5,000. He helped her alight, offered hér his arm, walked a few steps with her, when she re- moved her veil at his request and revealed to his aface as blackasmght. “You have deceived me,” he said; “this is not fair.” “Tam nota negro,” she replied, and to prove it she pulled off her gloves and showed a pair of hands 88 white as a a are this minute. The man turned toward the carriage, paid her the $5,000 and she drove off, leaving him tothe laughter and hoots of the amused crowd of bystanders It turned out afterward that the girl was very poor, and that she had a magnificent voice that She could not cultivate for want of money, and this ts the way she overcame that obstacle. She went to Europe and studied five years and has returned one of our most brilliant singers. You can tell from her proud bearing and refined ap- pearance that she 13 just the sort of woman to dosuch a thing with dignity, aad come out none the worse for it either. ——<——____—_—§_ A Boss Huspanp.—Dr. Louls Bosse, of St. Louls, was married last July. Now his wife is sulng for a divoree. Her chief cause of com- Plaint is given ia her testimony as follows: “We hada roast duck for dinner, with onion stuffing. When he saw the onions he got just ike a wild man and threw down his knife and fork, cursed me and called me names. and asked me what Find of eating that was. He wouldn't sit down to the table then; but went and sat down in the kitchen. I wasn’t eat then, and he asked me why I dida’t eat? Isatd to him, ‘Ifyou will not eat I will not either.’ He then said, ‘If you don’t sit down this every minute and eat I will show you who Is boss in this house, you orl.’ He forced me to goto the He went i a and stood behind my chair and said to me: “Here, do you see that stick? That isfor you, and it you will not eat now J will break this stick on your back. I will break every bone in your dod ue your ' MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Gossip About New Plays—New Art- 1stes—Abroad and at Home—Per- sonal Chat, Etc. — The theaters have been fairly patronized this week and the houses will continue to tm- as the Washington season ng. Next week Miss Mitcbell con- Unues at the National, and the Bartley Camp- deli Gulley Slave Combination will be on the boards at Ford’s. — Not much better music has been heard ip New York for years than that given to the palate at Booth’s theater, by the Boston Ideal ‘ompany, in the Pirates, Fatnitza and Pina- Jore, during the past fortuight. —Miss Fanny Davenport's success ag 4® American Girl at Waverly’s Fitla Avenue thea. ter has been such as to induce the egies to prolong her engagement for threo W: e — The Walhurst English ballad singers ap peared this week in Jersey City. Most of then were members of the “Phalanx” company aad are selected on account of their excellent voices. — Alrangements are in progress for a grand concert by Gilmore's band. It will take place at the armory of the N. Y. Twenty-second regl- ment on the 9ta of November, and !s animated hy a most worthy purpose. — Our First Faméties have apparently entered cn along run at Daly’s Theater, N.Y. The audiences generally are large and their laugh- ter shows their delight. — Max Strakosch says that Emma Thursby will soon return to this country to sing under his brother Maurice’s management. mile Bergerat, dramatic critic of the Ful thinks that the modern French stage is cying of two maladies—iiterary starvation and 1 plethora. ‘The only way to save It, would be to open a theater to play nothing but Shakespea — The opera of ps’ or, & Saint's D’fir st es, which was produced at Haverly’s i4-street ‘Theater this week, isan attempt to portray the comical side of Mormonism in song Though Artemas Ward and other humorists have seen plainly the farcical as well as the tragival ele- ments in the on Ga its treatment tn operatic form is something new. Deseret seems to have been written both by Mr. W. A. Croffut, the lbrettist, and Mr. Dudley Buck, the com- poser, more in the spirit of fun than of satire, its production as an cpera composed by Ameri- cans deserves attention. — Daniel Rochat will be produced at the Union Square Theater, N. Y., this (Saturday) evening. The first performance of this cele- brated and widely discussed social draza in aa English dress will undoubtedly arouse the aeep- est interest among all classes of theater goers, ‘The'svenery cf the play will be sumptuous, the cast strong, ana in short,every thing wiil be done to present Sardou’s work tn @ fashfonabie lignt. it should be menitoned that a Union Square version of Daniel Rochat 18 a translation, not an adaptation, thouga the dialogue has been ta & measure comp: 1. The representation will jast about three hours, while in Paris it lasted four hours and a haif, — It has been noticed that Miss Coghlan, the performance of 4s For Li New York, pronounces *rallow: and many suppose that this 13 a laps . Her pronunciation of the word, however, 18 stricUy English and severely correct. —A Bajsied Beauty will be performed at the Park Theater, New York, until further notice. It is unfortunate that Miss Rose Eytinge’s talents cannot redeem the badness of tits play. — Miss Kate Claxton made her reappearance on the local stage at the Bijou Gora House Wednesday evening. She appeared for the first time as “Pauvrett” io the romantic drama adapted from the French by Mr. Boucicault and rechristened The Snow Flower. The play 13 in tive acts. ~— Miss Ada Cavendish began an engagement at Sinn’s Park theater, Brooklyn, this week, tn the play Soul of an Actress. Sol Smith Russell will follow with the Eigerrood Folks on the 18th instant. — Mr. W. E. Sheridan, well known in Wash- ington, ts this week at Nibio’s Garden as “‘Henrt de Lagardere,” in The Duke’s Motto. Mr. Sheri- aan has proved himself to be a fine and robust actor, and his appearance, therefore, aroused some interest. — The final performance of Deacon Crankett, the play by the author of Helen's Babies, and not, as commonly supposed, by one of those infant phenomenons, was given at the Union Square (N. Y.) theater again this week. — Marie Roze will make her first appearance since her return from Europe at two grand concerts to be given at the Boston Music hall on the 2sth and 30th inst. —A new soprano, Mile, Bellini, made her debut in Boston last week as a member of the Rivé-King Concert company, and, accordiag to Boston musical authorities, achieved aa Instan- ianeous success. — Anna Dickinson will begin a tour of the country next month with a new lecture on Danton, the famous lawyer and orator of the French revolution. She will also give readings from her new tragedy, Aurelian, which ap- pears to be one of the most popular plays of the century. —The English adaptation of La Fille du Tam- »our Major has been transferred from New York to Boston, ana will be produced in the latter city by Leavitt’s English Opera Burlesque Company. 1t 18 announced, however, that. the company will first appear there in their Eng- ish version of Carmen, —At Wallack’s Theater, N. Y., it is the inten tion during the present season to present a series of altractive plays. The company ts a strong cne, and the manner in whicn the irama has always been IMlustrated on the boards of this theater has secured for it_a repu- tation that is sure to retain its fasnionable eiientele. As You Like It has already been en- Joyed by thousands. —Miss Eva Sothern, daughter of “Dun- dreary,” 1s preparing for the stage, and will make fier Gebut as “Moya” in Tiw Shan an, with Mr. Boucicault’ company, in London. She is a perfect type of blonde beauty, her fatr hatr, blue eyes and delicate features, together with a manner full of high-bred distinction, causing her to be greatly admired. — Edwin Booth makes his re-entry upon the London stage on the 30th at the Princess Thea- ter in Hanuet, which he will alternate with Richelien, Charles Warner, the young actor who talked of coming to this country thts sea- on, has left the Princess rather than play econd to Booth. — Mlle. Bernhardt wil’ be seen tn stx plays during her engagement at Booth's Vheater. Adrienne Lecoucreu and Frow Frow wilt be brought out during the first week; Le Sphiny and L'Evrangere during the second; Lv Danw A Camnelias and Pheare Auring the third. hese plays will be alternated for the remain- Ing stx representations. —All lovers of musle will be interested to jiearn that the arrangements for the festival to be held in May, 1851, 1a New York, at the Seventh Regiment Armory, are progressing la a satisfactory manner. Some idea will be forned oft the extent of this undertaking, wheu it is stated that the chorus, which has beea care- fully selected under the supervision of Dr. Damrosch, numbers some 1,200 voices, and ts divided into six sections in order to facilitate the preliminary rehearsals. —The new American play, One Hunared Wives, 1s now in rehearsal at the Arch Street ‘Theater, Philadelphia under the personal direc- uon of Mrs. John Drew, and at which theater the piece will be produced on Monday next. ‘The scenery 18 all new and includes several views of interesting points in Utah. The cos- {umes are in accordance with designs furnished by Mrs. Young No. i9, and the incidental cere- monies prepared from the best authorities in Mormon life. The cast of characters will be filled by the best artists of the Gasche-Hopper Comedy Company. — Lucia, with Gerster and Ravell!, will open the Italian opera season at the Academy on Monday next in New York. On Wednesday, La Favoritt, with Campanini and Miss Cary, will be given; Faust, with Valleria a3 Mar: guerita, on Friday. ver, Wrees as a Check to Conilagration. A Sacramento (Cal.) paper bears testimony that in that city disastrous and wide-spread conflagrations have frequently been averted, aimost solely through the agency of shade trees. The trees serve to prevent the passage of burning debris through the air—the em- bers of which would otherwise be blown from haune 60, house and om inci to block, being caught in the upper branches, and falling thence harmlessly to the ground. in the sum. mer trees act as screens between houses and biecks, moderat the heat of fires, and inter. posing a barrier which is seidom passed by the Names. When we add to these very ecgueen tiful, but a ler against fires and checks the spread of conflagrations to one of the simplest most common. ways conceivable. Surr.—Charles E. 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